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Godkiller

Godkiller poster
Directed by
Matt Pizzolo
Genre
fantasy film, cyberpunk, action film, science fiction film, adventure film, dystopian film
Country
United States

How it feels

Humans get caught in the middle of a war between fallen gods. The story follows their struggle to survive.

grimchaoticfast-pacedsurrealvisceralexperimentaldarkfeverish

What happens

Godkiller is a transmedia series of graphic novels, illustrated films, and novels created by filmmaker Matt Pizzolo that tells the stories of human beings caught in the crossfire of warring fallen gods. The core series is a trilogy of feature-length illustrated films beginning with Godkiller: Walk Among Us, illustrated by Anna Muckcracker and featuring performances by Lance Henriksen, Davey Havok (lead singer of AFI), Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Lydia Lunch, Nicki Clyne, and Justin Pierre (lead singer of Motion City Soundtrack). The series is particularly notable for its use of experimental and innovative media formats, such as the illustrated film format Pizzolo developed with producer Brian Giberson that merges sequential art with 3D CGI, motion graphics and dramatic voice performances in the style of a radio play. In 2010, following an underground release by Halo 8 as episodic shortform DVDs, the complete illustrated film was distributed wide by Warner Bros. The October 2009 illustrated film DVD Godkiller: Walk Among Us - Episode 1 quickly established itself as its distributor's all-time fastest-selling release. In January 2012, the first issue of the Godkiller 2: Tomorrow's Ashes comic book series debuted as a digital series. Godkiller returned in 2014 as a monthly paper comic book series from Black Mask Studios. In November 2014, it was reported that Godkiller would be rebooted as an animated feature film trilogy directed by Pizzolo. Godkiller returned to comic book stores in July 2021 with the sequel Godkiller: Tomorrow's Ashes #1. The painted cover by Nen Chang immediately became the publisher's all-time bestseller. With an initial print run over 40,000, it sold out in its first day of release. The publisher rushed a second printing to stores with a new cover by artist Yasmin Flores Montanez. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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